Description
Amish communities are exempt from federal laws requiring children to attend school until they reach a certain age. The Amish provide schooling until the eighth grade, after which point youth begin learning a vocation and/or working full time.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What have teachers in Amish communities said about the possibility of continuing school past the eighth grade?
- Why can't individual Amish communities simply start adding more grades to their schools?
- What did Lloyd Smucker have to do in order to go to high school?
- What did Smucker say he learned from growing up in an Amish community?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Amish
- Communitarian
- Public Schools
- Wisconsin V. Yoder